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Default What happens if you put 75 watt bulb in a 60 watt fixture

On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 03:31:00 +0000 (UTC), Joe Mastroianni
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On Sat, 26 Jan 2013 17:31:51 -0600, bud-- wrote:

But in what may be a miracle, I think everyone agreed on this one.


Even me!

The 75Watt Par 30 bulb was just too hot for the lamps.

So I replaced all the bulbs with SMALL CFL bulbs.

That may not be such a good idea. CFLs can easily overheat in
fixtures that weren't intended for them.